A week after a brutal snowstorm froze New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered a one-two punch Wednesday in the name of climate change, announcing he will seek billions in damages from five major oil-and-gas companies while moving to divest from fossil fuels.

“It’s time for them to start paying for the damage they have done,” Mr. de Blasio said at a press conference at the Manhattan Youth Center. “It’s time for Big Oil to take responsibility for the devastation they have wrought.”

The two-front attack was promptly pilloried by industry groups as a cynical political stunt, even as it put New York City at the forefront of the environmental movement’s campaign to recruit local governments as allies in the climate change fight….

Mr. de Blasio also announced that the city has filed a lawsuit against five top energy producers, blaming the companies for greenhouse-gas emissions that he said have produced disasters such as Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

“I remember those days after Sandy in the Lower East Side. I remember how desperate it was. I remember how much fear and confusion there was,” said Mr. de Blasio. “And this was a tragedy that was wrought by the actions of the fossil-fuel companies. Let’s be clear: That’s where it came from.”….

Maybe New Jersey should sue Big Oil for the devastating Hurricane of 1821.

Aside from the fact that this is just so asinine, it’s just such a complete waste of time!!! The amount of time spent on this kind of non-value added activity just eats away at anything productive, not to mention the money this eats up! Do something constructive Mr. Mayor!

De Blasio is just trying to distract attention away from his own failure to install those giant fans that could have blown the storm away, or at least pushed it over to some less enlightened spot more deserving of the wrath of God.